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THE NIGHT OF THE HARPOCRATES
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place in the world and accomplish that which we are each supposed to do. Oh, the Madam always proves her point."
"And I was sick for a week afterward," sighed Lluella. "And had to take such a dose!"
At that moment, without the least forewarning, there came a smart rap on the door. The sound smote the company of whispering, laughing girls into a company of frightened, trembling culprits. They hardly dared breathe, and when the commanding rap came for a second time neither Ruth nor Helen had strength enough in their limbs to go to the door.
